
Pembrolizumab plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy extends survival in locally advanced cervical cancer
New study findings support this treatment strategy as a new standard of care for patients with high-risk, locally advanced cervical cancer

Addition of immunotherapy to chemotherapy improves progression-free survival in anal canal
The PODIUM-303 study shows practice-changing results for patients with unresectable locally recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal

Five-year PFS results show advantage for niraparib maintenance in patients with advanced ovarian cancer, with no OS benefit
Patients with homologous-recombination-deficient advanced ovarian cancer alive at 5 years were twice as likely to be progression free with niraparib than placebo, although no long-term overall survival benefit was reported

KRAS and TP53 may have a key role in the development of pancreatic cancer
Studies provide new insights into the driver landscape of these gastrointestinal tumours and show improved prediction of patient-specific outcomes.

Liquid biopsy plays a growing role in early-stage lung cancer
Research is moving forward to understand the value of this blood-based technology as a prognostic tool

New data add to current knowledge on how to optimise treatment in EGFR-mutant NSCLC
The use of targeted agents in first and subsequent lines of therapy is improving outcomes in patients with mutated lung cancer progressing on standard chemotherapy, but a biomarker- or precision-guided approach is needed

Novel ALK-selective TKIs show early efficacy in advanced NSCLC with rare mutations
Further studies are needed to understand the position of the fourth-generation agents NVL-520 and NVL-655 in the treatment paradigm of mutated lung cancer

Long-term survival benefits reported with neoadjuvant immunotherapy combinations in stage III melanoma
Neoadjuvant immunotherapy combinations were associated with high long-term survival rates and were superior to adjuvant nivolumab in patients with resectable melanoma, according to a phase III study and analysis of pooled studies

Taxane- and anthracycline-sparing regimens show promise in high-risk, early-stage breast cancer
High rates of pathological complete response were reported with neoadjuvant datopotamab deruxtecan plus durvalumab in patients with specific subtypes of breast cancer and at high risk of recurrence

Study findings confirm the benefits of BRAF and MEK inhibitors in mutated non-small cell lung cancer
Longer duration of efficacy reported for encorafenib plus binimetinib as a treatment for NSCLC harbouring a BRAF V600 mutation